Dynamo-electric machine



2 SHEETS-SHEET V. G. APPLE. DYNAMO ELECTRIC MACHINE.

FILED JUNE Il. 1920.

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Patented Jan. 2, 1923.

' Dayton, in the county Vof Montgomery andl UNITE-D. STATES Ainkirs'iri orifice.

AVINCENT G. APPLE; '0F DAYTON, OHIO. l

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Application nica :une ii, 192e. serial 1ro. asser?.

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Be it known that I, VINCENTv G. APPLE, a citizen of the United States,resid ing at stable; using the insulating mass to hold the field coils in placel andencasing the conducting parts therein 5 attaching the metal base, carrying the bearings to the insulating body and improving the method of application of insulation and improving the bearing supports.

Another object is to produce a new article of manufacture in which the coil windings are impregnated with substantially ure phenolic condensation product while in a `liquid state, and enclosed in a substantial coating of said miterial, all of which is applic during a single treatment and while in mold and under pressure.

Another object is to inject insulating ma terial, such as a. phenolic condensation product, while in a liquid state, into a mold containin a dynamo electric machine or an element t iereof, by application of pressure, while the insulating material is in a liquid state, thereby impregnating. every part thereof during one operation and to maintain the pressure while the article is being heated to cause. the desired reaction.

Heretofore it has been customary to dip a dynamo electric armature in a phenolic condensation compound while in li uid formand subsequently permit the liqui to dry. This is a very wasteful means of insulating the amature because a great deal of the a ere to the armature will drip out and be wasted .and besides all ofthe openings or voids are not filled. By placing the armature in a mold and linjecting the liquid material into the armature under pressure,

lililiid before it becomes suiciently set tol every ortion of the material is usefully,

utilizel and all openings completelyl filled. The claims relating to the method of linsulating dynamo electric machines are con-l tained 1n my `copending Ser. No. 367,363;-A

filed Mar. 20, 1920.

Other, further and more specific objects -of the invention will become readily' apparent to rsons skilled in the art, from a conslderationof the following description, when taken in conjunction with the drawwherein-:-

in 1 is a plan view of the stator or field magnet of a dynamo electric machine, showin'parts broken away.`

1g.k 2 is a central longitudinal section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 3.l

Fig. 3 is an endview of a complete ma- I chine, and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of parts of a machine while in a hollow die, or mold, before application of the liquid insulation.

In all the views the same reference characters are employed to indicate similar parts.

The field magnet frame 5 consists of a series `of rings kof suitable magnetically susceptible permeable 'material, such as soit steel, or iron. These rings are first coated with a phenolic condensation product, in

the form of a varnish and allowed to become partially dried', or wholly dried. After the coated rings 5 have been assembled, pressure isapplied to them and 'the adhesive, whicli has `been applied to them, will cause them to stick together sufiiciently or the application of the windings f. TWith the rings 5, temporarily held together, and with the windings 6 applied thereto, the structure thus assembled is placed in a hollow die, or mold, as more clearly shown 'in Fi 4. Metal inserts, such as 7, may be he d temporarily in place by means of screws 8 inserted in the mold portion 9. The inserts lare to be partly surrounded with insulating material which is to fill the s aces 10 left between the inner surfaces o the mold, or hollow die, and the physical part of the structure` A pipe 11 is inserted into mold, or hollow die, thru the pipe 11, by

the mold and- 'afterthe parts 9 and 12 thereof are put iii) considerable pressure. This willfill all of the voids or spaces and will also permeate the windings 6 and will substantially embed the windings in the insulating material. The material will pass into space 10 thru the spares left by the mold between the pole pieces ou each side of the armature. It only requires a very few seconds to inject lnto the mold the necessary insulating liquid, after `which the mold, with its contents'is placed in a furnace or otherwise heated, while the liquid is under pressure, the mold and contents is maintained heated to the proper temperature for a suiiicient time to cause the reaction of the insulating'material. This will cause it to harden, as is well known, and a coating 13, composed of pure phenolic condensation product will entirely surround and protect the windings-andaft'ord means for connecting the metal armature support-I ing parts to the structure.

An annular rabbet 1.1 is formed in each 'end of the insulating ring of the structure,

to receive a cup-shaped part 15. Three ribs 16 are made on the mold portion 9 to leave an opening in the insulation 13 within ,which to insert a threaded metallic nut 17 for a screw stud 18. There are, preferably, three such studs placed uniformly within the insulation of the structure to hold, by a bayonet joint, the cup-shaped part in place. A tongue 19 is secured to, or is a part of, the cup-shaped structure 15 and has a bent portion 20 to engage the stud or pin 18. There are as many such tongues as there, are studs 18. The notch 21, in the cup-shaped part, shows one manner of fastening the cupshaped part in place, and the tongues 19 are the means for holding the parts together. The cup 15 has an annular inwardly extending cup portion 22 opening inwardly from the face thereof, 4provided with a bore 23' thru which a shaft ofthe armature mayy pass. A disk 24, within the part 22, is also provided with an axial opening 25 to permit the shaft to pass and between these two openings and within' the space 26, a ball bearing structure is to be enclosed to fur# nish bearing support for tlie'armature shaft to be placed within the field magnet struc-r ture herein shown.

A sheet metal base portion 27, comprising I standards 28 and 29 and a base plate 30, has Y on each standard a part 31 to sllp into the opening within the part 22 of the cup-shaped member 15. This supporting structure also is provided with-feet 32 by which the machine may be secured to a base. Each of the parts 31 is slotted, as at 33, to enable this sheet metal device to be slipped over the shaft of the armature for the purpose of its application. After the ball bearings have been placed in the respective openings 26 and the shaft has been put into the field magnet, the member 27 is then put in place. The

upstanding standards 28 and 29 are more or less yieldingand will, for this purpose, per

mit the parts31 to sna into the openings in the members 22. In' igs. 3 the shaft 34 of the armature is shown in place.

After the machine has been made in the manner heretofore described, the terminal screws 35 may be placed in the inserts 7 and the wires 36 may connect the inserts to the coils 6. If the machine is to be shunt-wound, then the wires 36, of which there may be two, are connected to their respective brush holders that 'are to be held in place on the outside surface of the member 22.

From the foregoing description, it will be noticed, that thedynamo described contains' as few parts as possible" in such a construction, and thatit requires no screws or bolts to assemble them. The parts being made by punch and die, therefore, are of uniform di .armature bearings, supported by said material and a base portion held in place by said metal structure.

2. A dynamo electric machine having its windings covered-with a relatively refrac tory vcoating of insulating moldable material; a cup-shaped metal structure, at each end of the machine for containing armature bearings, supported by said material and providing a support for a brush holder, and a base portion held in place by said metal structure.

3. A ieldmagnet element having a series of metal rings comprising the magnetic ortion thereof; .field magnet coil windings within the ring thus formed; a moldable insulating material covering the windings and providing a ring of insulating materialat each end of the structure; an insertable metal cup within each insulating ring, within which to contain the. armature bearings a'nd fastening means extending into the insulating ring to hold the metal cup-shaped part in place.

4. A field magnet element having a series of metal rings comprising the magnetic portion thereof; field magnet coil windings within the ring; a moldable insulating material. covering the windings and providing a rmg of msulating material at each end of the structure; an insertable metal cup within each insulating ring within which to contain amature bearings; fastening' means extending into the insulatin ringto hold the metal cup-sha d member 1n place; a sheet metal base un erlying the structure and having upturned standards engaging therespective insertable cupshaped. members to old the base in place..

5. A field magnet element having a ring of insulating material at each vend thereof with an opening thru which an amature may be inserted; a cup-shaped support insertable within the respective rings, 'said support having another integral cup-shaped support therein opening in the opposite direction, the latter cup to contain amature bearings and to provide ani outer surface upon which to mount a rotatable brush holder. i

6.. A field magnet element having a ring of insulating material at each end thereof with an opening thru-which an amature may be support havin another integral axia ly perforated cup-s aped support therein, opening in ,the opposite-direction, the latter cup I t0 contain armature bearings and to provide an outer surface u on which to mount a rotatable brush hol er and a latch to hold the cup-sha ed member in place.

7. In a ynamo electric machine a field frame having its windings covered with a coating of insulating material; a metal structure at each end of the frame for supportin amature bearings and heldin place by sai insulating material. i

y8. In a dynamo electric machine, a field frame lhaving its windings` covered with insulating material; and anarmature -support at each end of the frame 'held in place by said vinsulating material.

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribed my name.

VINCENT G. APPLE. 

